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Provide a foster mother to orphaned animals. If a foster mower is not available, prepare supplemental feed.
Cattle and goats
Supplemental feed for young orphaned calves and kids:
- 1 gallon of caracow's milk
- a pinch of Neomycin
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
When about 2 weeks old, add solid food in the form of small amounts of concentrate. Allow the young animal to gradually nibble soft forage.
Pigs
A mixture of the following can be used as supplemental feed for young orphaned piglets:
- 1 quart of cow's milk
- 4 tbsp of syrup made from boiled mixture of water and sugar
- 1 egg
- a pinch of Neomycin
Here's how to feed orphaned piglets with the supplemental feed:
1. Hold the piglet by the head.2. Insert your clean little finger into the piglet's mouth.
3. Gradually lower the piglet's head into a bowl of prepared supplemental feed. The piglet will start to suck. This procedure also applies to calves and kids.
4. Continue feeding piglets until they can be switched to a dry pre-starter ration.
For cattle, goats and pigs, the new mother will not usually allow the animals for adoption to suck her milk. If you see this, do the following:
- Rub the whole body of the animals for adoption and the young of the foster mother with any of the following:
-urine of the foster mother
-milk. of the foster mower
-alcohol
-vinegar
Rubbing the body
Keep the foster young animals in a box together, with the young of the foster mother, so their smells will blend.
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